Greek Parliament

Greek M.P.'s will be voting on a series of Constitutional revisions later this week, according to the schedule released by Parliament on Monday. The two-day debate in Parliament on constitutional revisions began on Tuesday, at 10:00 AM local time (08:00 GMT). The...

The Independent Greeks (ANEL) party lost its parliamentary-caucus status on Friday, following Panos Kammenos' decision to expel Thanassis Papachristopoulos from the party's parliamentary group. The decision effectively dissolved the parliamentary caucus of ANEL, since rules stipulate that a party needs...

Greek members of Parliament approved on Friday evening the accession of FYROM -- which will now be known as "The Republic of North Macedonia" -- into the NATO alliance. The last act in the long procedure of solving the name...

The Greek parliament is expected to vote Friday on the NATO accession protocol for the country of FYROM, bringing a conclusion to the decades-old dispute one step closer. Political tensions have risen following the decision by six MPs – four...

Six independent members of the Greek parliament who backed the SYRIZA government in the confidence vote on January 16 now say that they will support any future bill submitted by PM Tsipras' government. The members told Speaker Nikolaos Voutsis on...

When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras managed to push the Prespa Agreement through the House by "borrowing" lawmakers from other parties, the repercussions end up turning parliamentary rules upside down. Small parties were dismantled, others struggled to keep the minimum...

The protocol for FYROM's accession to NATO will be brought before the Greek Parliament on Monday, according to a decision made by the council of the president and the deputy presidents on Thursday. The procedure will follow typical parliamentary procedures, with...

Greek lawmakers approved the Prespa Accord after a heated debate on Friday, ending a decades-old dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). 153 M.P.'s out of 300 voted in favor the agreement. There were 146 who voted against,...

The Speaker of the Greek Parliament, Nikolaos Voutsis, declared on Monday that extremists had hatched an organized plan to invade the Greek Parliament during Sunday’s demonstration at Syntagma Square. Voutsis said evidence currently being held by the Parliamentary Guard proves...

Parliamentary speaker Nikos Voutsis announced on Friday that Greek lawmakers will be voting on ratifying the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the end of next week. Coming out of a meeting of the ruling SYRIZA...